Match-box.



STEVE' 155B ESSERE 'MA'USSEE,

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Be ie knoivnha't We, Sinin Pnnen and ROBERT. /inossnn, subjects 'oi' the Emperoxf of Germany, i'esitilng abEest rie-iena, 1n the eouniz* of' Lewis Aemi @ieiii and State of A Montane, 4have invei'iisefi certain new end" useful 'inapioveznendos in miesen-Boxes", 0f-

les `use, readily sei:J up and ooznpeifefziveiy inexpensive.

With the foregoing sind other obeots in view the invention oonsiss oi' ehe `novel oon'- struction and :arrangement 'of parts es here inaftei' more speeileaiiy desoribesi aniiiiiustested in the ecompanjfing innings Wiessee in' is shown an .eni'eosiimeni of the inveniion, but it is to be understoofi ieee changes, variations and. modice'ions can be -resorte to which come Within ehe scope of She oieims hereunto epneneied.

In the mwings wherein iiiie feierence. eheracters. denote corresponding parte throu'giieue' the severei views: igoie l is e i' enossseciionei View of meet-.ii box in aolio corenee 'ivitiieiais inveniion. Fig. 2 is e' side elevation, Fig. 3 is e iongitndinal section. Fig. e 1s en end view.

Referrine" to the drmvinis in cietaii 1 (ienotesejectanguier easing, which is open ai',

one eneiV as shown at 2G, and cioseii ai: iis 1 other end as show-n ai; 2l enti arranged Within thecasing i is a spring controiieci reoeptaaie 2. Tiiecasing l is oapebie -o being projecteci ihren-gil 1bile open end 20 of ehe easing l. The.ouei enoioi the eeept-acie 2 is serrated as shown ai 3 provide e striking surface ifo? e. mat-eil. The matches are adapted to be eteine, within the recepisaeie 2.' Conne'cief be the innen fece if the dosed evi 2l of the easing 1, is e ing and suffe aiding the ietter, 'es Weii. as bearing ag .inst the inner end-"of sise reeepfzecie 2, is

,A @over 6 'sifiee anni ef iheeasln'g v1es weH as lo Futhei objects of 'the invention ere to the action nee'entee Jamie, 191e. f

being spaced iom 'said sides and top, 'and .seid @over 6 is secured to the .casing l, es

et 7. .Y The sie weils ofthe receptacle 2, have openings 8 which are adapted to register a5 with openings 9 formed in the' side walls of t'he casing l. Eniaending in the openings 9,

enci capable of ve'sxteniing' into the openings J8, are aile iowex ends of' pivoted locking :members 1G, these latter being pivoteci as at 'm` 1i, to '`2,`eerried by the oesingli'fy The locking members il extend at the sides of and have intern-osed there-between and vthe the. easing i endeiso over the top thereof-- top of the easing 3., coil springs 13 which nor- 75 meiiy venti to maintain the iowerends of the' ioeking meinbeis i@ in 'the registering open- 'es 9 the''eoepieeie 2 withnthecasing 1', againsp,i

surrounriing eeifi pin isV .e coill spring' 215.

The naef-ence' eneizieter 'l enoses 'e push emision eeoessioie niongh4 an opening 25 in the covei 15 and is ee', tesi 53o have ltsheadengage ehe inner ens nii-the members 10under su'ch conditions rooting sai members on theii pivos one siniting the iowenends of the ing the springe Vizo oi'ce 'thei'feceptacle 2 'from the easing l, so that access can be had to tiie nieiohes stored witiifi the reoeptacie. when spying i5 raises Lnebutton 16, the

cove? eets en abutment for the button,

so time the letizei is not disengaged-from the i. En e device of the class described, a easing; e iecep'moie siidaioie ing; spring means foi advancing'the re- Cepieeie; e cover secureiiio the casing and speeeci from the iop and the sides of the casing, cover having an opening; a pair of ievers nierumed intermediate their ends on the eosin'F and located Wiehin the cover, ehe inner enne oi` the ievers ivving 'above the ,to of the e'esino anci the outer ends of the levers extending along the sides of the 'c1111.`

ing, the easing and iiile receptacle being `provided with openings in y ends of the ieves are' received to which the- Gter nnxiee such conditions'mainteining '.e'he spring 5 v The top of www.. casing l neeA e veriieajlydispsed pin M: and

ige button siies uponthe Qin $54 membeis loont of the openings Sand ellow- 00 Within the cas- 100 receptacle Within the casing; a pinl projecting from the casing; a push button slidable on the. in and adapted to engage the' inner endsjo vthe levers, the push button being located in alinement with the opening in the l :L cover; a spring surrounding'the; pin and abutting againstv the button and the caslng;

`land `spring means casing; a receptacle sprmg means for tiltin the leversfto cause the outer ends thereo to engage 1n .n he openings in the casing and the recepwg-mcle;

2. In a device intermediate its ends on the casing, the inner end of thelever lying above the top 'of the casing and the outer end 'of the'lever lying alongA the side of the-casing, the casing and the receptacle being provided with openings i in which the inner` end of the lever engages;

a push button slidably suppo-rtedbelow the opening in'the cover and engaging the inner end of the lever ;4 and spring means for holding the outerl end of the lever in the openings in the casing and the receptacle. y

3. In a, device of the class described, 'a casing; a receptacle slidable in the casing;

acover secured to the casing and spaced' from the top and the sides of the casing, the cover having an opening in its top; a pair of oppositely disposed casing-carried locking members engaged at their outer ends with the sides "of the casing and `the re ceptacle; and means housed beneath the cover and accessible ythrough the opening therein for actuating at once to 'ei'ecta release ofthe locking members from the receptacle.

' 4. In a device of the class described, a casing; a receptacle slidable in the casing; spring means for advancing the receptacle;

a cover secured to the casing and spaced `from the top and cover having an lever fulerumedintermediate its ends on the casing, the inner end of the lever extending beneath the cover and above the top of the casing and below the opening, the outer end of the lever VbeingV extended along the side vof the casing and being detachably interen gaged with the casing and the receptacle.

5. In a device of the class. described,'a casing; a -cover assembled therewith; a receptacle slidable'in the casing; spring means fp; advancing the receptacle; two opposed movable locking devices yWithin the cover and engaging the .receptacle atv opposed points; Vand a single movable means housed within the cover for actuating both locking devices at once toefect a release of the receptacle.

In testimony whereof We afiiX our signatures in the presence of two Witnesses.

STEVE Pansa. o Rosana Manssen.

the sidesv of the casing, the

Witnesses:

FRAM; HRELLA, FRANK BaLKoNTz.

both locking members openingy in its top; and a 

